[Trombone-l] left handed playing trombonists.

Wed Mar 4 15:48:42 CST 2009

Next time I start feeling sorry for myself I'm going to recite this story
to myself.  Not only is the ending a happy one, but it shows that joy is
elusive when our first reaction is to think of how "impossible" our task
at hand is. .

Tune

On Wed, March 4, 2009 1:23 pm, David W. Buckley wrote:
> Around 1945 the son of Salvation Army missionaries returned to the North
> America from a prison camp in China with severe damage to his right hand
> and
> loss of most fingers on his left hand. He desperately wanted to play
> trombone but could not hold the instrument. My Father, a Salvation Army
> Officer and a trombone player, and obviously a very creative guy, found
> that
> he was able to hold the horn with his right hand and move the slide with
> what was left of his left hand. My Dad then taught him how to play. As a
> teenager at the time I can vividly remember the gratitude and the joy that
> young man felt in playing the horn. He went on to play for many years and
> if
> memory serves me right, played with the Salvation Army Chicago Staff band.
> His name was Wesley Morris.
>
> One of the best reasons I have ever heard for holding a horn with the
> right
> hand.
>
> Dave Buckley.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis Clason" <dclason at nmsu.edu>
> To: "Ray Horton" <rayhorton at insightbb.com>; "Trombone List"
> <trombone-l at samford.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 3:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Trombone for new elementary - now left handed
> playing trombonists.
>
>
>>I believe Hoyt Bohanon also plays left handed, at least part of the time.
>>
>> I started out playing left handed but got quickly corrected.  I don't
>> want to think about what a left-handed bass would cost...
>>
>> Ray Horton wrote:
>>> Christmas 1970 or '71, I saw a Christmas TV special with the Seattle
>>> Symphony with a left handed first trombonist.  I assume he was a sub.
>>> Never saw the guy again.  Poor guy stuck out like a left handed
>>> violinist.
>>>
>>> Slide Hampton is the only one I can actually name.
>>>
>>>
>>> Raymond Horton
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Steve Gamble wrote:
>>>> They can't do it with either hand at the beginning, so why not learn
>>>> it
>>>> the way the instrument is built.  Later on, you don't run into
>>>> problems
>>>> with weird f-attachments or clashing bells in the section.
>>>>
>>>> Steve Gamble, Librarian
>>>> Tucson Symphony Orchestra
>>>> 2175 N. 6th Ave.
>>>> Tucson, AZ  85705
>>>> 520-792-9155 x118 office
>>>> 520-792-9314 fax
>>>> 520-991-7056 cell
>>>> sgamble at tucsonsymphony.org
>>>> www.tucsonsymphony.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu
>>>> [mailto:trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu] On Behalf Of
>>>> thetubameister at roadrunner.com
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 12:47 PM
>>>> To: Dennis Clason; John Monroe
>>>> Cc: Trombone List
>>>> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Trombone for new elementary school player
>>>>
>>>> I gotta ask, for the sake of argument - Why not?  Assuming they're
>>>> left-handed, shouldn't they play left handed?  I know a great left
>>>> handed trumpet player.  And trombone may be the most reversible
>>>> instrument in history.
>>>>
>>>> J.c.
>>>>
>>>> ---- Dennis Clason <dclason at nmsu.edu> wrote:
>>>>> And don't let them assemble a Bb trombone to be played with the left
>>>>> hand moving the slide!
>>>>>
>>>>> John Monroe wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> In our school district, kids start trombone in fifth grade.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Even the most careful kid will be banging his horn around.  And in a
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> group setting the most careful kid will be surrounded by LESS
>>>>>>
>>>> careful
>>>>>> kids!  So get something substantial.  And expect it to get dented.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also remember that kids are kids.  They have no idea how to assemble
>>>>>>
>>>> a
>>>>>> trombone, so be sure to show them.  Give them step by step
>>>>>> instructions and have them practice putting the horn together.  That
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> will reduce the number of dents generated getting the horn in and
>>>>>>
>>>> out
>>>>>> of the case.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> John Monroe
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mar 4, 2009, at 7:06 AM, Price Taylor wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I asked this a couple of days ago..but might have used the wrong e-
>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> mail
>>>>>>> address (I use multiple e-mails and consolidate them with Gmail).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> =====
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello list, my youngest son is 10, in 4th grade, and is expressing
>>>>>>>
>>>> an
>>>>
>>>>>>> interest in playing the trombone - of course, that's great (I
>>>>>>> think...)!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I started playing in 5th grade but the current thinking now is 6th
>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> grade - I
>>>>>>> think that's because the middle school has band?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was thinking that this summer might be a good time to get an
>>>>>>>
>>>> early
>>>>>>> start
>>>>>>> and begin playing.  Many years ago, I bequeathed my old King
>>>>>>> Cleveland to my
>>>>>>> high school, that was my first trombone.  Guess I should have kept
>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> it, it
>>>>>>> was pretty hard to hurt that horn.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm looking for recommendations for a beginner's trombone - ideally
>>>>>>> something to last to 9th grade.  The Yamaha YSL-354 appears to be
>>>>>>> the choice
>>>>>>> of many, although I have no experience with Yamaha trombones (I
>>>>>>>
>>>> play
>>>>>>> a Conn
>>>>>>> 88H and King 3B).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any other suggestions?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks list!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Price
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>>>>> --
>>>>> Dennis L. Clason, Ph.D.
>>>>> University Statistics Center
>>>>> New Mexico State University
>>>>> Las Cruces, New Mexico
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Chris Tune

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